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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
134
These
two
species
(Mesembryanthemum
and
Crassicornis)
are
quite
beautiful
enough
to
give
a
beginner
amusement:
but
there
are
two
others
which
are
not
uncommon,
and
of
such
exceeding
loveliness,
that
it
is
worth
while
to
take
a
little
trouble
to
get
them.
The
one
is
Dianthus,
which
I
have
already
mentioned;
the
other
Bellis,
the
sea-daisy,
of
which
there
is
an
excellent
description
and
plates
in
Mr.
Gosse’s
“Rambles
in
Devon,”
pp.
24
to
32.
It
is
common
at
Ilfracombe,
and
at
Torquay;
and
indeed
everywhere
where
there
are
cracks
and
small
holes
in
limestone
or
slate
rock.
In
these
holes
it
fixes
its
base,
and
expands
its
delicate
brown-grey
star-like
flowers
on
the
surface:
but
it
must
be
chipped
out
with
hammer
and
chisel,
at
the
expense
of
much
dirt
and
patience;
for
the
moment
it
is
touched
it
contracts
deep
into
the
rock,
and
all
that
is
left
of
the
daisy
flower,
some
two
or
three
inches
across,
is
a
blue
knot
of
half
the
size
of
a
marble.
But
it
will
expand
again,
after
a
day
or
two
of
captivity,
and
will
repay
all
the
trouble
which
it
has
cost.
Troglodytes
may
be
found,
as
I
have
said
already,
in
hundreds
at
Hastings,
in
similar
situations
to
that
of
Bellis;
its
only
token,
when
the
tide
is
down,
being
a
round
dimple
in
the
muddy
sand
which
firs
the
lower
cracks
of
rocks.
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